Task 1. Read the dialogue and answer the questions. Use no more than THREE WORDS in your answer. Прочитай диалог, ответь на во Используй в ответе не более трех слов.
Hello, Mary!
Hello, Ann!

- I saw, you run. Long addicted to?

- For 2 years. What kind of sport are you interested in?

- I love to play basketball after school.

- Are you in the basketball team of our city?

- No, I'm just learning to play.

- Do you want me to train with you?

- Yes, that would be great.

- When will we start training?

- Maybe tomorrow after classes in my yard?

- Okey. See you.

- Goodbye.

1. How long does Mary addicted to run?

2. What is the favourite sport of Ann?

3. Is Ann in the basketball team?

4. Does Ann want to train with Marry?

5. When will they start training?\

1.It was  a warm autumn and we enjoyed our stay in the country. 2.I shall always remember the summer when we met and I shall never forget  the evening when we parted .3.It was   late autumn when one afternoon I saw Tom Stuart walking along Fifth Avenue.4.It is going to be a long hard winter with frosty mornings and icy roads.5.Endless days in  late summer are not like those short days in  midwinter .6. It was a real winter,cold and frosty.7.The temperature in  autumn,especially early autumn may be similar to the temperature in midspring .8.In the autumn of 1982 Freddy met Lady Burton and they married the next spring .9.It is a hot summer .Flowers are dying .10. England and France declared war on Russia in the spring of 1854.

EXERCISE III.

The definite article is used:

a) with the names in plural to indicate the whole family;

b) when we mean typical features associated with well-known names;

c) with the names, modified by a limiting attribute an indefinite article an is used.

Fill in definite or indefinite articles where necessary.

1. Her name is Nora Benson.

2. He is not the Bob I married twenty years ago.

3. The Browns are a very nice family.

4. I am reading an Agatha Cristie now.

5. She felt like an Alice in Wonderland.

6. Is he the Sheldon who is a writer?

7. Mozart was called a Raphael of music.

8. It was a letter from Susan, inviting me to visit them.

9. She is quite different from the rest of the Nortons.

10. If your ticket is lucky you’ll win a Zaporozhets.

11. There were a lot of books there and he saw The Steel.

12. The Smiths are a very cultured family.

13. He brought a very nice Picasso.

14. I saw that he was really a Brown.

15. She wasn’t the Mary he had known for these ten years.

EXERCISE IV.

You should use the definite articles with unions, provinces, some cities, oceans, seas, straits, channels, rivers, lakes, deserts, mountain chains and groups of islands, falls and mountain passes. Proper nouns are used without articles, But: the Hague — Гаага; the Argentina but Argentina.

Use the definite or the indefinite articles where necessary and di-vide the sentences into two groups.

1. … Brazil is situated in … Latin America.

2. The Netherlands is a very rich country.

3. The USSR was the largest country in the world in territory.

4. … Rome is the capital of Italy.

5. The Crimea is the southern part of … Ukraine.

6. The Hague is always chosen for international conferences.

7. … Asia is the largest continent in the world.

8. We crossed the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans.

9. The Ruhr is an industrial region of … Germany.

10. The Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea are very warm.

11. … Elbrus is one of the highest mountains in the world.

12. … Cuba is a very beautiful green island.

13. The Sahara is the hottest desert.

14. I always spend holidays in … Haiti.

15. The Niagara Falls attracts a lot of tourists.

16. The Bermudas is a very mysterious place.

17. … Lake Baikal is one of the most beautiful places on our planet.

18. … California is my favourite place to visit.

19. The Balkan Peninsula is a place of different problems nowadays.

20. The Mississippi is described by Mark Twain.